The Oldest Surviving Buicks – Where Are They Now?
With the cooperation of vintage car collectors and researchers, Buick Motor Division has identified 14 Model C Buicks manufactured in 1905 and 1906 as the oldest known survivors among about 35 million Buicks produced over more than nine decades. Five are in museums, one is on display in a Las Vegas casino, one is owned by Buick and the rest are in private ownership. Using engine numbers to refine the list, the researchers believe a Model C owned by Harold Warp Pioneer Village, a museum in Minden, Nebraska, is the oldest survivor. It has the lowest engine serial number (2873) among the known Model Cs. Researchers believe it was built in April, 1905, the second month of production of that model. It was once owned by the late Alton Walker, a widely known car collector from Pebble Beach, Calif., who at various times owned five Model C Buicks. He had bought it from a man named Riley of Los Altos, Calif., in about 1946 and sold it to Warp in 1957. It is now painted a bright red. Buick Motor
